1、2021 届高三第二次江西名校联考届高三第二次江西名校联考 英语英语 第一部分第一部分听力听力( (共两节共两节) ) 第一节第一节( (共共 5 小题小题) ) 听下面听下面 5 段对话段对话。每段对话后有一个小题每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听完每段对话后听完每段对话后， 你都有你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A19.15.B9.18.C9.15. 答案是 C。 1H
2、ow will the woman go downtown? ABy bus.BBy car.CBy subway. 2Why does the man refuse to eat more? AHe wants to control weight. BHe dislikes the food. CHe is full. 3What does the woman think of the dress? AFashionable.BEmbarrassing.CModest. 4When will the speakers meet? AAt 7:30 p.m.BAt 8:00 p.m.CAt 8
3、:30 p. m. 5What are the speakers mainly talking about? AA town.BA war.CApainting. 第二节第二节( (共共 15 小题小题) ) 听下面听下面 5 段对话或独白段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中三个选项中 选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，秒钟；听完后， 各小题给出各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。秒钟
4、的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第听第 6 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 6、7 题。题。 6Why dont the speakers choose the first hotel? AIt costs too much. BIt has no suitable room left. CIts too far away from the beach. 7Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? AReceptionist and guest. BTour guide and tourist. CHusband and w
5、ife. 听第听第 7 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 8、9 题。题。 8What does the woman usually have for breakfast? AHamburgers.BCakes.CFrench fries. 9Why doesnt the woman like ice cream? AIt is not sweet enough. BIt results in toothache. CIt tastes terrible. 听第听第 8 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 10 至至 12 题。题。 10What is the woman dissatisfied wi
6、th about the island? AThe food.BThe hotel.CThe beach. 11What do we know about the woman? AShe lost her way several times. BShe met some unfriendly locals. CShe missed home-cooked meals. 12What does the woman advise the man to do in the end? AVisit the island of Gozo. BTaste the local food. CGo to th
7、e churches. 听第听第 9 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 13 至至 16 题。题。 13What is the topic of the conversation? ATheir favorite pets.BThe birthday present.CRoberts hobbies. 14What pet does Cathy have? AA dog. BAparrot. CAcat. 15Why does the woman refuse to buy rabbits? AThey look ugly. BThey smell bad. CThey are hard to a
8、ttend. 16What will the speakers do next? AHave a talk with Robert. BBuy a snake as a pet. CGo to the market. 听第听第 10 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 17 至至 20 题。题。 17What is the purpose of the project? ATo help students prepare for the real life. BTo teach students to write application letters. CTo let students know
9、about some typical jobs. 18What is the headmaster expected to do? ARecommend jobs to students. BAsk the teacher to explain the project. CAnnounce the news of the project clearly. 19Who will help students to write application letters? AA teacher. BThe headmaster. CAmember of the committee. 20What is
10、the last step of doing the project? AGather students opinions. BMake a list of suitable jobs. CAsk students to take a responsibility. 第二部分第二部分阅读理解阅读理解( (共两节共两节) ) 第一节第一节( (共共 15 小题小题) ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A If you just want to hit the highlights when going ab
11、road this coming vacation, these are the top must-see sights. Ireland Ireland is home to ancient kings and giants.As you learn about this past, view the wonders of the Gians Causeway and the beautiful coastline and hills. Journey Highlights Meet storytellers and experts for insight into the true sto
12、ry of Irelands history. Take gentle hikes along the Atlantic Coast, into the famous green countryside and down city streets in history. Switzerland The Swiss Alps are the perfect family playground, providing fun for all ages. Towering mountains, filling with wildflowers, provide the peaceful surroun
13、dings for a range of active programs. Journey Highlights Explore your adventurous side on a mid-air ropes course in Zermatt. Explore the castle in the town of Spiez, where children can become “Knights(骑士) in Training. ” New Orleans The impact of climate change and extreme weather is all too noticeab
14、le along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Spend four days in New Orleans involved in the issues around global climate change. Journey Highlights Take a special tour of the levee(决堤) system on the Mississippi River to see its importance in protecting the area. Learn how climate change affects New Orleans an
15、d the Gulf region from scientists at Louisiana State University. Argentina Argentina is the active adventurersdream destination. From church-like peaks to icy glaciers(冰川), the active, multisport route invites you to explore the Lake District, hike in view of the Fitz Roy Massif, sail to glaciers an
16、d ride horses at a farm. Journey Highlights Go canoeing on Lago Gutierrez and hike to beautiful lakes in Nahuel Huapi National Park. Visit a working farm for a closer look at local life. 1. What will travelers experience in Ireland mainly? A. The beauty of lakes. B. The life of a farmer. C. The chan
17、ge of climate. D. The strong sense of history. 2. Which activity may children find most interesting? A. Explore the castle in Spiez. B. Hike along the Atlantic coast. C. Spend four days in New Orleans. D. Visit a working farm in Argentina. 3. Where will travelers enjoy the glaciers? A. Ireland.B.Arg
18、entina.C. Switzerland.D. New Orleans. B It was our last class before summer break. I was finishing up the first year of an MFAprogram in poetry. I was tired and puzzled. Was I good enough to be in the program? When a professor asked about our summer plans, I panicked. I didnt want to appear idle(闲散的
19、). Gardening, I responded immediately.Actually I knew nothing about plants! My professor nodded, saying, What a good idea, Mari! Emily Dickinson loved gardening. Emily Dickinson had lived in the countryside, studying plants as a child. I was in my late twenties, living in the city without gardening
20、experience. Afew days later, I bought a jalapeo seedling(青辣椒秧苗).At least I could say Id tried gardening. I watered and changed the dirt for my little plant. I even talked to it.And over the summer, it grew bigger and bigger. I was proud. Maybe I didnt have a black thumb after all. I started the seco
21、nd year of my MFA, and then it was almost December and my jalapeo was suffering. It was brown in some places; many of its leaves had fallen off. Would my little guy make it? I prayed, Please be okay. As if its survival were closely linked to mine. I worked hard in school. Spring came. My jalapeo pla
22、nt came back to life. It grew bigger, with new leaves. And then it flowered. I handed in my graduate paper-a book of poems-in May. Your poems are strong, my professor said. Ahuge weight lifted. Id done it! At that time, I found the flowers on my jalapeo plant were gone. I watched closer. Where a flo
23、wer had been, a tiny green fruit pushed through. I smiled. I had succeeded in my MFAprogram, and my jalapeo plant had grown right beside me, and I successfully did things I hadnt thought possible. 4. Why did the author begin gardening? A. Just by accident. B. For the love for gardening. C. To expres
24、s fancy for Emily Dickinson. D. Because of the reminding of a professor. 5. When did the author begin her first gardening? A. In her childhood.B. In one of her summer breaks. C. In her teens.D. In her first year of MFAprogram. 6. What does the underlined phrase a black thumb in Paragraph 2 probably
25、mean? A.Atalent to grow plants.B.A dirty finger to touch plants. C.Agood fortune to do everything.D.An inability to do gardening. 7. Which proverb can best describe the story above? A. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. B.Easier said than done. C. Its never too old to learn. D. Do not teach fi
26、sh to swim. C Maybe youre depressed because you didnt sleep well. Or you feel stuck when you read an email with some bad news that prevented your enthusiastic imagination. Whatever the case may be, you tell yourself working now is in vain (徒劳的), because you couldnt possibly come up with anything inv
27、entive in this mood. Several studies in psychology have shown that negative emotions narrow our vision and limit our thinking. However, positive emotions can improve creativity because they broaden our way of thinking by encouraging us to try new things or look at situations differently. Creativity
28、is the ability to produce and carry out both new and useful ideas. Creativity can result from a persons own creative ideas and observations, or it can appear as a response to a direct assignment or problem as well. Both positive and negative moods can lead to two different kinds of creativity that b
29、enefit different tasks. Research shows that the key factor influencing our creativity is not our mood itself,but the strength of our feelings and the motivation (动机) behind our work. For example, anger or anxiety can help us to focus our attention on producing effective results. Great excitement or
30、joy, on the other hand, can encourage an instant at which the solution to a problem becomes clear all of a sudden. In fact, one study even finds that while were 20 percent more likely to have creative abilities to understand mixed situations when were feeling good, people in a negative mood perform
31、better when the quality of solutionsnot quantitymatters most. But of course, we are rarely entirely happy or entirely sad. More often, we experience mixed emotions. In psychology, these strong emotions whether they are positive or negative, lead to greater creative actions. It comes as no surprise t
32、hen that highly creative people tend to be very familiar with their emotions. They report experiencing very strong emotions more frequently than less creative people and are more willing to experience those emotions. 8. What is the authors purpose in writing the first paragraph? A. To expect us to b
33、e creative. B. To show the importance of creativity. C. To tell us negative emotions exist everywhere. D. To clarify how moods influence your creativity. 9. What is the attitude of the author towards negative emotions? A. Supportive.B. Critical.C. Doubtful.D. Objective. 10. What can be learned in th
34、e passage? A. We should always try to keep ourselves in good mood. B. People feel either very happy or very sad most of the time. C. Strong emotions play an important role in creativity. D. Creativity only results from creative ideas and observations. 11.According to the passage, what should you do
35、to get more creative? A.Avoid negative moods totally. B. Face up to inner feelings positively. C. Try out new things cautiously. D. Understand mixed situations clearly. D Although its tricky for people to see, mouse feelings are written all over their little faces.Aresearch team in Germany designed
36、a computer program to study the faces of mice for signs of feelings. It was able to reliably spot expressions of joy, fear, pain and other basic feelings. Those signs offer a sort of field guide for scientists who study feelings. And understanding the feelings in animals better could help guide huma
37、n studies too, the researchers say. German scientist Nadine Gogolla studies the brain. She and her colleagues treated mice in ways to cause different feelings. To bring about pleasure, they gave the mice sugar water.Ashock to their tails resulted in pain. And being put somewhere they had been shocke
38、d in the past led to fear. High-speed video cameras focused on the animals faces. They recorded tiny movements in the animals ears, noses, whiskers and more. An observer would likely see that a mouses face changes. But translating those small changes into feelings is really hard. Thats true especial
39、ly for an untrained human being. But a computer had no trouble, the researchers found. They used an approach called machine learning. It directs a computer program to detect patterns in videos. The program analyzed thousands of videos of mouse faces. It spotted tiny movements that accompanied good o
40、r bad events. For example, when a mouse is drinking sweet water, its ears move forward and fold toward the body.At the same time, its nose moves down toward the mouth. Its face looks differently when the mouse tastes bitter water. Its ears move straight back. Its nose curls slightly backward, too. T
41、he activity of nerve cells in a mouses brain also changed with various feelings, other analyses showed. These cells live in a region known as the insular cortex. This deeply buried spot plays a role in human feelings, too. 12. The computer program designed by a German research team is intended to _.
42、 A. guide mice to exhibit various feelingsB. translate mices face changes into feelings C. spot expressions of different mice feelingsD. record tiny movements in mices facial parts 13. If a mouse moves its ears forward and folds them toward the body, it may be a sign of _. A. happinessB. sadnessC. a
43、ngerD. fright 14. Whats the author likely to write about in the following paragraph? A. Humans should be nice to mice. B.Amouse can sense another mouses pain. C. The analyses help scientists study human feelings. D. Mice and humans share the same emotional characteristics. 15. What is the best title
44、 for the text? A. Detecting Mouse Feelings Is No Easy JobB. Mice Show Their Feelings on Their Faces C. Mice Are Good at Expressing ThemselvesD. Understanding Mouse Feelings Does Matter 第二节第二节( (共共 5 小题小题) ) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选 项。项。 How Can
45、 the Pandemic(流行病) Make You a Better Friend? The pandemic has been a time of challenges and new routines. _16_, such as embracing the positive power of friendship. With each of us finding so many new ways of being during this time, why not think about how that applies to friendship? _17_ As we becom
46、e increasingly comfortable with virtual interactions through video chat, phone calls might turn into a visual visit. We can see each others faces, tour each others homes. Social distancing is our safety watchword, but you might find yourself feeling closer than ever to some friends. Show, dont tell
47、_18_.Ahand-written letter or hand-drawn card is one way to pop up in your friends life in a way that doesnt require her to have time and energy for a visit at exactly the same time you do. Sharing your thoughts about a book you just read, a movie youve heard about or other experiences is another way
48、 to show your friend youre thinking about them. Offer to help each other If youre headed to the grocery store, post office or other places, ask a friend if you can pick up a couple of things for him. _19_.And your consideration will likely inspire your friends to make similarly thoughtful offers nex
49、t time they go out. Acknowledge different comfort levels Each of us has our own relationship with risk tolerance, and your friends might feel differently from you about how, when and whether to get together in person. _20_. You can also deepen your friendship by exploring those differences together.
50、 A. Visit your friends regularly B. Reconnect across the miles C. It has also offered a number of opportunities D. This seemingly simple gesture is supportive and kind E. Friendship is like wine, and it gets better as it grows old F. True friends can show up for each other in concrete ways, in good
